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Slick RSS			module
Rating 88 votes	Developer:	David Thomas	Version:	1.4 (Updated 43 days ago)
	E-mail:	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	Compatibility:
	Views:	91,562	License:	GPLv2.0
	Favoured:	56	Type:	Non-Commercial
			Date Added:	Jan 16, 2007

Parse and Display RSS Feed News with DHTML Teaser Tooltip

* Up to 5 RSS feeds per instance
* Display set number of items
* Item Title
* Item Description
* Tooltip Title
* Tooltip Description
* Limit Word Counts for Title and Description
* Enable / Disable Images
* Easily Customise Tooltip Colour
* Set Link Target (new window, same window)
* Supports UTF-8 and International Character Sets
* Supports embedded media files in newsfeed (podcasts etc...)
* Caching and module class suffix is supported.

NOTE: Joomla 1.5 version released!

CHANGELOG:

Version 1.3, For UTF-8 support, Slick RSS now uses the slick and fast RSS Parser from simplepie.org
Version 1.4: Even better configuration options and support for international characters.
Version 1.5: Version for Joomla 1.5

Specifically, related to character display, Slick RSS 1.4 will now :
1) Optionally override your default Joomla encoding with the RSS feed encoding. (default=disabled (1.3)
2) Enable or disable the translation of characters from the RSS feed into your default Joomla encoding charset. (default=enabled (1.4))

If this module helps you out, please give feedback. Thanks!

Update: I have setup a new support forum at : http://joomla.daveslist.co.nz/forum
Please direct support questions there.
DT

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User Reviews (59)

Great by ork, June 4, 2008

Very usefull and great extension
simple and good looking.
very easy to configure

Works like a charm by jparker, April 25, 2008

Easy to install. Easy to edit. Works like advertised. If I can't complain, I ain't happy and I sure am mighty grumpy today!!! Thanks for the good work!!!

The RSS reader I needed by earl45, March 23, 2008

Since I've known this component I have made it a part of my Joomla's core. Easy to use and configure.
It gives to my sites the dynamism that RSS feed contribute.

Great module by 4john, March 11, 2008

If you want to display your feeds in a module (not within page content), this is the one! Looks great, easily styled.

Best but Major Flaw by ricland, January 20, 2008

1 of 4 people find this review helpful:

Best rss module around but its fatal flaw is that it doesn't display dates.

This makes it not so slick.

Worthless, really.

ric

No date by maxa, January 18, 2008

1 of 1 people find this review helpful:

Great module, but it lacks the option to display the date that comes with the feed.

Easy does it by tomt, January 17, 2008

Like many said before: this module is very easy to install and configure. Thanks David!!

Simple Installation, Very configurable by StefanPapp, January 15, 2008

I've installed this excellent extension without having any problems. It has some nice configuration options. For example you may choose the colors of the mouseover tooltip, that appears, when you hover over a feed title. I simply changed three color parameters in the Module Editor and now my tooltips look like these nice yellow stickies.
Suggestion for improvement: Seperate settings for number of items for each of the five possible RSS URLs

Simple - highly configurable - recommended! by seaghan, January 11, 2008

This is really easy to install and configure and does its job perfectly - thank you David!!!!

Splendid app by mi2, November 24, 2007

A jewel. Good docs, built in check that the server is ok etc etc
Easy to use, foolproof one that easily blends in on any site. Highly recommended.

Only drawback is that it doesnt allow any "mixing" of the different feeds.

Good integration with ISO encoding by jeff1er, October 27, 2007

I tried many RSS feeds readers while my Joomla site is encoded in iso-8859-1 and feeds in UTF-8. I had always the same problem: both encoding on the same page fails and some latin characters won't display correctly.
Slick RSS makes the job as it is supposed to do...

Great module by method77, September 19, 2007

Works perfect although I would like to know if there is a way to put the feeds closer to the module name. Feeds seem to be placed to low into the box.

Really good (but one suggestion) by felham, September 13, 2007

This was the best RSS parser I've found. Though I'd like to be able to choose not to display the title at all in the tooltip. I just think this is unnecessary when you already have the title in the feed...

Recommended - but you're on your own by pypo, August 17, 2007

This is a fine extension and the best I found in the RSS category. But you're on your own regarding use. It's not hard. But if you want to change something like the bullets, good luck. Please post if you figure out a way to change the bullets, a seemingly simple issue.

Owner's reply:
Styling issues are generally left to the discretion of the end-users.

try adding this to your template_css.css file via Admin > Site > Template > Edit CSS:

.newsfeed{

list-style-type: none; /*no bullet points*/

}

Excelent module, exelent support by harrygg, August 14, 2007

Great module and fast support. Got an answer in a few hours.

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